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Xpat Opinion: More Signs Of A Recovering Economy In Hungary
- 20 Jun 2013 12:50 PM
- business
By Ferenc Kumin: Late last month, the European Commission announced that it would recommend that Hungary, after nine long years, exit the Excessive Deficit Procedure. The good news , as I wrote at the time, came on the heels of other encouraging reports of promising FDI and consumer skepticism data. Now, yet more hopeful signs that back Prime Minister Orbán’s cautious optimism about a slowly, but ...
XpatLoop.com Internship Interview With Stephen Linfitt
- 6 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
By Mark-Antonio Zivic, student at McDaniel College Budapest. XpatLoop.com is an English-language portal for expats that live in Hungary. It’s been publishing daily for 12 years, and it’s the leading online media for foreigners in Budapest and around the country. Stephen Linfitt, the founder of the portal, was asked about why XpatLoop.com has stood the test of time so well, unlike many other ...
'Lore' Won Titanic Film Festival In Budapest
- 17 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Australia’s 2013 Oscar Nominee, Cate Shortland’s LORE won XX. Titanic International Filmfest’s Breaking Waves Award worth 8000 Euros, supported by the Hungarian National Film Fund. The jury, whose head was the world famous Jiři Menzel, awarded Mira Fornay’s MY DOG KILLER with a special award. The Audience’s Award was given to the Czech director, Petr Nikolaev for his film, LIDICE.
SAS, Aegean Airlines Return To Budapest
- 3 Apr 2013 9:01 AM
- travel
Scandinavia’s SAS airlines will return to Budapest on April 4, flying nine flights weekly to Copenhagen and Oslo, Budapest Airport announced yesterday. Aegean Airlines will return on April 9, with four flights a week to Athens.
First Mercedes CLA Exits Hungarian Production Line
- 28 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The Mercedes factory in Kecskemét has combined two success stories: a traditional one that Mercedes itself represents, and a new one, the European success story which is the renewal of the Hungarian economy, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the official launch of the new Mercedes CLA at the company's Hungarian plant on Friday.
Getronics Granted New Extension To Sign Contract For Road Toll System In Hungary
- 21 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
The Development Ministry has given Getronics, winner of the electronic road toll system tender, an extra 30 days to sign the contract with state motorway manager AAK, state secretary Vilmos Valyi-Nagy announced last week.
Now On: Honoré Daumier Exhibition, Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest
- 4 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The earliest Daumier prints in the museum’s collection are political caricatures created in the 1830s which were were published in various satirical magazines. The artist mainly aimed at “pear-head” Louis-Philippe, the Citizen King, but also parodied politicians and members of parliament who were in his service. His most well-known caricatures were conceived in defence of the freedom of the press ...
Xpat Opinion: Downgrading By Standard & Poor’s Criticised In Hungary
- 28 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator calls the downgrading of Hungary’s sovereign debt by S&P “low grade entertainment”, unsubstantiated by the actual state of Hungarian public finances.
Now On: The Way We Are, Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
- 26 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Museum of Fine Arts’ Department of Prints and Drawings preserves close to 600 lithographs by the outstanding French graphic artist, Daumier. In 2009 tender funds granted by the National Cultural Foundation enabled the urgently needed preservation work for the sheets. As part of the project the museum undertook the task of displaying the results of the work in an exhibition, since the last ...
Xpat Opinion: More Signs Of A Recovering Economy In Hungary
- 20 Jun 2013 12:50 PM
- business
By Ferenc Kumin: Late last month, the European Commission announced that it would recommend that Hungary, after nine long years, exit the Excessive Deficit Procedure. The good news , as I wrote at the time, came on the heels of other encouraging reports of promising FDI and consumer skepticism data. Now, yet more hopeful signs that back Prime Minister Orbán’s cautious optimism about a slowly, but ...
XpatLoop.com Internship Interview With Stephen Linfitt
- 6 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
By Mark-Antonio Zivic, student at McDaniel College Budapest. XpatLoop.com is an English-language portal for expats that live in Hungary. It’s been publishing daily for 12 years, and it’s the leading online media for foreigners in Budapest and around the country. Stephen Linfitt, the founder of the portal, was asked about why XpatLoop.com has stood the test of time so well, unlike many other ...
'Lore' Won Titanic Film Festival In Budapest
- 17 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Australia’s 2013 Oscar Nominee, Cate Shortland’s LORE won XX. Titanic International Filmfest’s Breaking Waves Award worth 8000 Euros, supported by the Hungarian National Film Fund. The jury, whose head was the world famous Jiři Menzel, awarded Mira Fornay’s MY DOG KILLER with a special award. The Audience’s Award was given to the Czech director, Petr Nikolaev for his film, LIDICE.
SAS, Aegean Airlines Return To Budapest
- 3 Apr 2013 9:01 AM
- travel
Scandinavia’s SAS airlines will return to Budapest on April 4, flying nine flights weekly to Copenhagen and Oslo, Budapest Airport announced yesterday. Aegean Airlines will return on April 9, with four flights a week to Athens.
First Mercedes CLA Exits Hungarian Production Line
- 28 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The Mercedes factory in Kecskemét has combined two success stories: a traditional one that Mercedes itself represents, and a new one, the European success story which is the renewal of the Hungarian economy, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the official launch of the new Mercedes CLA at the company's Hungarian plant on Friday.
Getronics Granted New Extension To Sign Contract For Road Toll System In Hungary
- 21 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
The Development Ministry has given Getronics, winner of the electronic road toll system tender, an extra 30 days to sign the contract with state motorway manager AAK, state secretary Vilmos Valyi-Nagy announced last week.
Now On: Honoré Daumier Exhibition, Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest
- 4 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The earliest Daumier prints in the museum’s collection are political caricatures created in the 1830s which were were published in various satirical magazines. The artist mainly aimed at “pear-head” Louis-Philippe, the Citizen King, but also parodied politicians and members of parliament who were in his service. His most well-known caricatures were conceived in defence of the freedom of the press ...
Xpat Opinion: Downgrading By Standard & Poor’s Criticised In Hungary
- 28 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator calls the downgrading of Hungary’s sovereign debt by S&P “low grade entertainment”, unsubstantiated by the actual state of Hungarian public finances.
Now On: The Way We Are, Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
- 26 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Museum of Fine Arts’ Department of Prints and Drawings preserves close to 600 lithographs by the outstanding French graphic artist, Daumier. In 2009 tender funds granted by the National Cultural Foundation enabled the urgently needed preservation work for the sheets. As part of the project the museum undertook the task of displaying the results of the work in an exhibition, since the last ...